A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . Extreme Degree of Osteo-malacic Deformity. \_(Mco-mal<t<-i<t not an American /)/*<(*<?.—In not one of the 134Cesarean cases of the United States was the operation performed forthis form of deformity. In a few instances the malady has been found [* This form is known :is rostrate or beaked, Ed. \ 25. 386 LABOR. in foreigners, and the forceps or craniotomy used in their delivery. Many obstetricians of large experience have never seen a case, and I do not know of an instance of extreme rostration of the pelvis having been met wi
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . Extreme Degree of Osteo-malacic Deformity. \_(Mco-mal<t<-i<t not an American /)/*<(*<?.—In not one of the 134Cesarean cases of the United States was the operation performed forthis form of deformity. In a few instances the malady has been found [* This form is known :is rostrate or beaked, Ed. \ 25. 386 LABOR. in foreigners, and the forceps or craniotomy used in their delivery. Many obstetricians of large experience have never seen a case, and I do not know of an instance of extreme rostration of the pelvis having been met with in this country.—Ed.] Obliquely-contracted Pelvis.—That form of deformity in which one oblique diameter only is lessened has received considerable attention, from having been made the subject ofspecial study by JSTaegele, and is gener-ally known as the obliquely-contractedpelvis (Fig. 137). It is a conditionthat is very rarely met with, althoughit is interesting from an obstetric pointof view, as throwing considerable lighton the mode in which the natural de-velopment of the pelvis is effected. Itis difficult to diagnose, inasmuch asthere is no apparent external deform-ity, and probably it has never, in fact,been detected before delivery. It has Obliquely-contracted Pelvis. • • n -, \ T •, (After Duncan.) a very serious influence on labor: JLitz-
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